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KALAMAZOO, MI -- As chief executive officer of Kalamazoo's Family Health Center, Denise Crawford was happily anticipating last fall's rollout of subsidized health-care plans offered through the Affordable Care Act. Instead, that Oct. 1 launch was an "absolute disaster," Crawford said. "All the problems with the website that people talked about were true."

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Autocam Corp., which challenged "Obamacare" requirements that the company provide birth control and sterilization benefits to employees, filed notice on Wednesday, Oct. 2, that it would appeal after a federal judge tossed their lawsuit.

Michiganders shopping for insurance on the Michigan Health Insurance Marketplace beginning next Tuesday will spend less than much of the country, a possible result of competition drawn to the state exchange. In Michigan, the lowest prices for three categories of policies, called bronze, silver and gold, all came in lower than the national average, according to a federal analysis released today.